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If you think Britain relied on the US Merchant Marine, then your history is as bad as I fear.

Britain relied first and foremost on its own massive Merchant Marine, and then on its huge Canadian ally merchant marine, and then on the US. In other words, the US Merchant Marine was the third most important merchant marine to the UK. Not the first. By a long way.

And it was Britain and Canada who bore the brunt of the Atlantic battle (1940-43), and most of Britain’s supplies from North America were carried by the Royal Navy, the Canadian Royal Navy and by the huge British Merchant Marine and Canadian Merchant Marine.

I dont know at all where you get the idea the US Merchant Marine carried the heavy load.

You seem to know little about Britain and WW2. And the incredible and immense British contribution to the war. Or about the British armed forces and merchant marines. Or the Canadian contribution.

Lend Lease?.

You ARE aware that LL only started in March 1941, with the Lend Lease Act, and the first LL supplies started arriving here in late May/early June 41?. LONG past the battle of Britain, Dunkirk and the start of the Blitz.

You ARE aware that pre 1941, from Sept 1939, that Britain BOUGHT and paid for all its arms supplies from the US?, arent you?.

The ‘cash and carry’ method, where all the arms and supplies were carried by Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy ships as well as UK and Canadian merchant ships. NOT American ships. Great Britain paid upfront for all supplies before Lend Lease. In cash, gold, silver.

And if we are talking lend lease, are you aware of REVERSE LEND LEASE?.

No?.

That was the Lend Lease TO America from Britain, the USSR, Australia and New Zealand, from January 1942 to Sept 1945.

Britain GAVE America £1.2 BILLION in arms and supplies via RLL from Jan 42 to Sept 45.

Go find out about reverse lend lease, its been sadly forgotten in both the US and UK. As well as Russia and Australia and New Zealand.